Blogs

Alcohol by Volume: A journalist by day — working for Tech Advisor and Macworld — Chris Martin provides news and views on craft beer and ale. He also tries home brewing and has additional interests in spirits and music. alcoholbyvolumesite.wordpress.com/

The Ale in Kaleigh: Kaleigh Watterson is a professional journalist who also blogs about beer and pubs in the Manchester area. Available for freelance commissions, she also has an interest in travel. thealeinkaleigh.wordpress.com/

Beer Battered: Thoughtfully written and well illustrated essays on beer in the UK and further afield, sometimes with a side serving of food and travel. beerbattered.co.uk/

Beer Leeds: Brought up in a pub, Richard Coldwell blogs and beer and pubs. He has a pleasingly broad range of favourite beers and is part of the team behind the Clifford Champion Beer Festival. What makes his blog so enthralling are the superb pictures, used well. beerleeds.co.uk/

A Bitter Bloke: “Comment, musings and general nonsense about ales and the pubs they’re served in.” Updated Sundays. bitterbloke.blogspot.co.uk/

Boak and Bailey: Ray and Jess, probably Britain’s most prolific beer and pub bloggers, now with two very well received books to their name: Brew Britannia and 20th Century Pub. With an interest in beer tasting, history and travel, their writing is always considered, but never dull, rolling along at a great pace. boakandbailey.com/

Brewing East: Beer reviews, events and brewery features from the East of London. Rebecca Pate — or Bex — has contributed to publications such as Time Out and is a contributor to the London Brewers’ Market blog. www.brewingeast.com/

Chester Beer Blog: Two Chester residents — one with hospitality experience, the other a journalism graduate — with “a passion for good beer, good food and good company”. chesterbeerblog.wordpress.com

Craft Beer London: Experienced national newspaper journalist Will Hawkes runs this guide of capital brews under the umbrella of Blue Crow Media, which also produces a guide in the form of an app and a map. craftbeerlondon.com/

Meet and Drink: Freelance writer and journalist Alastair Gilmour focuses on the North East beer and pub scene, editing Cheers, a pubs and drinks magazine. A new project for December 2017 is the website Meet and Drink, which Alastair describes as “a digital business card”, to illustrate the range and style of his work as well as the breadth and variety of subject matter. www.meet-and-drink.co.uk/

The Pub Curmudgeon: AKA Peter, AKA Old Mudgie. He says his blog is not a beer blog. “It’s a view of life from the saloon bar, not entirely about the saloon bar — which of course is a metaphorical place as well as a physical one. It is as much about political correctness and the erosion of lifestyle freedom as it is about pubs and beer. And, while I enjoy cask beer, I don’t assume that it is the only alcoholic beverage worth consuming.”pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.co.uk/

Quare Swally: Roy, from Northern Ireland’s, blog and reviews of beers locally and from around the world. “Remember the rule when choosing your beer — thon should be a quare swally.” quareswally.wordpress.com/